leopard eat dog

Estimates put the number of stray dogs in the country somewhere around 30 million, and many of them aren’t exactly friendly. Every year, those leopards eat about 1,500 dogs, and in 2017 they attacked seven of the 350,000 people who live in slums along the park’s borders. Platypus Milk May Help Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs, How Deep-Fried Tarantulas Became a Cambodian Delicacy, published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, This Tiny, Adorable Killing Machine Is The World’s Deadliest Cat, Humpback Whale Nearly Swallows Two Kayakers [VIDEO], Impala Delivers Itself to a Pride of Lions [VIDEO]. Mumbai is home to Sanjay Gandhi National Park, the largest park within city limits anywhere in the world. Within its 40 square acres, there are two lakes, a big deer population, 20 lions and four tigers (in confined areas), and an estimated 35 free-roaming leopards. Within its 40 square acres, there are two lakes, a big deer population, 20 lions and four tigers (in confined areas), and an estimated 35 free-roaming leopards. But they may not deserve the bad rap they get in most media stories. Mumbai, and India in general, also has a pretty serious feral dog problem. Mumbai’s leopards aren’t always great neighbors — they still attacked seven people in 2017 and they commonly prey on domestic livestock as the boundaries between human and wildlife spaces blur. Plus, they save the city about $18,000 in “dog management” costs, according to the study. About 40 percent of the leopards’ diet is made up of strays, and the 1,500 feral dogs they consume every year while roaming human settlements and villages prevent around 1,000 biting incidents and 90 potential cases of rabies. Learn more about Mumbai’s leopards in the video below: From the wildest corners of the planet, to extraordinary encounters in our own backyard, we provide a platform and community to celebrate the wildlife enthusiast in us all. The study found that the 35 leopards living in the park – the densest population of leopards anywhere in the world – keep the stray dog population in the villages surrounding the park at a manageable 17 per square kilometer, compared to 680 per square kilometer further from the park’s boundaries. The leopards may be helping to keep that number under control, at least within their territory. The authors of the study, researchers from the University of Queensland School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, hope that an increased understanding of how these predators can benefit the humans that live around them will lead to a more functional kind of coexistence. Rabies rates are high, and as it’s easily transferred from dogs to humans, approximately 20,000 people in the city die of rabies every year. Sounds like a nightmare, right? In the meantime, if you’re headed to Mumbai, you might want to watch your back. Every year, those leopards eat about 1,500 dogs, and in 2017 they attacked seven of the 350,000 people who live in slums along the park’s borders. According to a recent study published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, maybe not.

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